Marvel and Icon Comic Books on Sale in September 2012 [Solicitations]

Courtesy of Marvel, ComicsAlliance brings you an advance look at new periodical comic books going on sale in September, 2012. All of the following books can be purchased at finer comic book shops, where you can also pre-order your selections to ensure you'll get a copy before they sell out. Among the offerings from Marvel and its creator-owned imprint Icon for September include the final issues of Avengers Vs. X-Men and AVX: Versus, the conclusion of Spider-Men and the premiere of Nemesis 2.

Avx: Vs #6 (of 6)

KIERON GILLEN & VARIOUS (w) • JIM CHEUNG & VARIOUS (a)

COVER BY JIM CHEUNG • Fight Variant Cover by STUART IMMONEN

• The premiere AVX tie-in comes to a rip-roaring conclusion!

• SCARLET WITCH VS. HOPE straight out of AVX #12!

• And two fights weren't enough for the last issue, so we packed in as many fights and fan-favorite characters as possible!

• Mini fights from the best creators in the business! Jeph Loeb, Arthur Adams, Stuart and Kathryn Immonen, Jason Aaron and many others!

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99

AVENGERS VS X-MEN #11

BRIAN BENDIS (w) • OLIVIER COIPEL (a)

Cover by JIM CHEUNG

AVENGERS TEAM VARIANT ALSO AVAILABLE

KUBERT VARIANT ALSO AVAILABLE

PICHELLI SKETCH VARIANT ALSO AVAILABLE

PICHELLI VARIANT ALSO AVAILABLE

PROMO VARIANT ALSO AVAILABLE

X-MEN TEAM VARIANT ALSO AVAILABLE

The final month of AVX opens with the first of two extra-sized issues!

• Fatality!

40 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99

AVENGERS VS X-MEN #12 (of 12)

JASON AARON (w) • ADAM KUBERT (a)

Cover by JIM CHEUNG

Variant cover by JEROME OPEñA

AVENGERS TEAM VARIANT ALSO AVAILABLE

KUBERT VARIANT ALSO AVAILABLE

OPEñA SKETCH VARIANT ALSO AVAILABLE

OPEñA VARIANT ALSO AVAILABLE

PROMO VARIANT ALSO AVAILABLE

X-MEN TEAM VARIANT ALSO AVAILABLE

Extra-sized final issue!

• It's all come down to this! The final battle-as the world burns!

48 PGS./Rated T+ ...$4.99

UNCANNY X-MEN #18 & 19

Kieron Gillen (w) • RON GARNEY (a/C)

Issue #18 - AVX #11 TIE-IN!

•Cyclops and Emma have supreme power and it threatens to tear them apart.

Issue #19 - AVX #12 TIE-IN

•An unmissable issue for X-Men fans.

32 PGS. (EACH)/Rated T+ ...$3.99 (EACH)

NEW AVENGERS #30

BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (w) • MIKE DEODATO (a/C)

AVX TIE-IN!

• New York is burning, the world is ending...but the heroes on the street

aren't going down without a fight!

32 PGS./Rated T ...$3.99

Avengers #30

BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (w) • WALTER SIMONSON (a)

Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU

AVX TIE-IN!

• Love in the ruins: Can Hawkeye and Spider-Woman's budding romance last amidst the end of the world?

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99

WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN #16 & 17

Jason Aaron (w) • Jorge Molina (a)

#16 - Cover by CHRIS BACHALO • #17 - cover by ED MCGUINNESS

AVX TIE-INS!

Issue #16

• The Hellfire Club is on the run from Cyclops and rest of the Phoenix Five.

• How does an anti-mutant organization operate in a mutant-run world?

Issue #17

• As the world burns, the Jean Grey School tries to continue on.

• One student ends up at the barrel of a gun.

32 PGS. (EACH)/Rated T ...$3.99 (EACH)

Secret Avengers #31

RICK REMENDER (w) • MATTEO SCALERA (a)

Cover by ARTHUR ADAMS

• The Master of Evil are gathered. An army of villains unlike any ever collected before.

• The Secret Avengers are defeated with no hope of backup. The Shadow Council's true goal and Max Fury's ultimate scheme revealed.

• Enter the power of The Abyss!

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99

DARK AVENGERS #180 & 181

JEFF PARKER (w) • NEIL EDWARDS (a)

Cover by JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER

• The Dark Avengers' operation sets off what will become known as THE CATACLYSM

• Songbird finds out a deadly secret conspiracy to destroy The Dark Avengers, Luke Cage and the

• Join the Disney Junior Club and send us your drawings, poems and letters and some will be featured in future issues.

44 PGS./AGES 3 – 5/$4.99

TRIM: 8.5 X 10.875 in.

Disney Princess Magazine

• Join Ariel from The Little Mermaid, Tiana from Princess and the Frog, Belle from Beauty & the Beast, Aurora from Sleeping Beauty and other Disney Princesses in this enchanting magazine.

• This issue of Disney Princess Magazine is full of magical stories, a collectible pull-out poster, activities, games and much, much more. Great for any princess.

•Also, join the royal fun and send us your drawings and letters. We may feature some of your magical creations in future issues.

36 PGS./AGES 3 – 6/$4.99

TRIM: 8 X 10.8125 in.

Phineas and Ferb Magazine

• Phineas and Ferb is the official magazine of the hit TV show on the Disney Channel.

• Like the TV series, this issue follows the two kindhearted suburban stepbrothers as they embark on some grand new project which annoys their controlling sister, Candace, who tries to bust their shenanigans.

• This issue is jam packed with comics, games, quizzes, a pull-out poster and much more stuff.

52 PGS./AGES 6 – 12/$4.99

TRIM: 8 X 10.8125 in.

Road to Oz #1 (of 8)

ERIC SHANOWER (w) • SKOTTIE YOUNG (a/C)

• When dusty Kansas roads suddenly turn into magic highways, it's a safe bet that one of them is the road to Oz, but which one?

• Dorothy's off on another fantastic adventure, and Toto is back, too.

• This time their companions are strange-an old homeless guy with a magic magnet and a mentally-challenged child named Button-Bright.

• Then, more of his old adversaries return to haunt him... Starting with Hit Monkey!

32 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$2.99

FIRST X-MEN #2 (of 5)

Christos Gage (w) • Neal Adams (a/C)

Variant Cover by MIKE DEODATO

• Wolverine and Sabretooth go to recruit a certain Master of Magnetism to their cause.

• The government solidifies their plan for mutants and we meet a new character who is guaranteed to terrify.

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99

AGE OF APOCALYPSE #7

Dave Lapham (w) • Renato Arlem (a)

Cover by KRIS ANKA

• The X-Terminated travel to Latveria in search of Victor Von Doom!

32 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$2.99

GAMBIT #3

James Asmus (w) • Clay Mann (a/C)

• Desperately searching for a means to destroy the pilfered artifact that's cursed him, Gambit journeys deep into the jungles of Guatemala with a mysterious ally, in search of a lost temple. But instead of answers, he may just find betrayal!

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$2.99

ASTONISHING X-MEN #54

Marjorie Liu (W) • Mike Perkins (A)

Cover by PHIL NOTO

• Susan Hatchi reveals her connection to the X-Men, and why she's so intent on their destruction.

• How long can the X-Men survive in her prison, even without the nanobombs circulating through their bloodstream?

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$2.99

X-TREME X-MEN #4

Greg Pak (w) • PACO DIAZ (a)

Cover by KALMAN ANDRASOFSZKY

• The team find themselves in a frontier reality, and outlaws rule!

• Howlett comes face to face with a younger version of himself...can he stop him from facing the

same fate Howlett did?

• Also, Sabretooth!

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$2.99

UNCANNY X-FORCE #31

RICK REMENDER (w) • Phil Noto (a)

Cover by JEROME OPEñA

• The Final Exectution kicks into high gear

• What is left of X-Force go up against the new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants

for the last time.

32 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$3.99

X-MEN LEGACY #273 & 274

Christos Gage (w)

Rafa Sandoval (a) Issue #273

DAVID BALDEON (a) Issue #274

CoverS by MARK BROOKS

Issue # 273 -

• Trapped in another world and caught in the middle of a war between two alien tribes, Rogue races to end the conflict and find a way home!

• And with the Phoenix poised to raze the Earth, will Rogue make it back in time to aid her fellow X-Men?

Issue # 274 -

• In the aftermath of AvX, Rogue and Magneto are reunited! And he's got an offer for Rogue that may just leave her speechless...

32 PGS. (EACH)/Rated T+ ...$2.99 (EACH)

NEW MUTANTS #49

DAN ABNETT & ANDY LANNING (w)

LEANDRO FERNANDEZ (a)

Cover by JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER

• "Fear the Future": the chilling conclusion!

• A terrible event has changed the course of the New Mutants' history, and the more they try to fix it, the worse it gets!

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$2.99

X-FACTOR #243 & 244

Peter David (w) • Leonard Kirk (a)

Covers by DAVID YARDIN

• The first of five issues that will CHANGE THE FACE OF X-FACTOR FOREVER.

• PART III: Discovering a long-buried secret from the past, one member of X-Factor will be driven insane.

• PART IV: Devastated by the recent tragedies befalling X-Factor, one member of the team makes a terrible sacrifice in hopes of making things right.

32 PGS./ (EACH) Rated T+ ...$2.99 (EACH)

X-MEN #35 & 36

Brian Wood (w) • Roland Boschi (a) Issue #35

Cover by Jorge Molina Issue #35

DAVID LOPEZ (a/c) Issue #36

Issue #35 -

• The X-Men must make a choice...the destruction of a life, or the survival of a weapon.

• Domino versus Psylocke!

Issue #36 -

• Jumping on point!

• In the aftermath of the "Mutant Scare", Storm's leadership is called into question.

• Will there be a new team-member – and what side are they really on?

32 PGS. (EACH)/Rated T ...$3.99 (EACH)

WOLVERINE #313

JEPH LOEB (w)

SIMONE BIANCHI (a/C)

variant by ART ADAMS

• The stunning conclusion to SABRETOOH REBORN!

• What does Romulus offer Sabretooth that can compare to his lifelong vendetta against Wolverine?

• Wolverine must make a decision: stop Sabretooth or Romulus...and live with the lives that are lost in the wake of that decision.

32 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$3.99

UNTOLD TALES OF PUNISHER MAX #4 (OF 5)

NATHAN EDMONSON (w) • NIC KLEIN (a/C)

• Another never-before-seen chapter in Frank Castle's life!

• A father begs Frank to help him find his daughter who was sold into slavery.

• Frank does way more than just find the girl.

• Rising star NATHAN EDMONDSON (Who Is Jake Ellis) writes this issue.

32 PGS./Explicit Content ...$3.99

THERE IS A STRICT NO OVERPRINT POLICY ON ALL MAX TITLES.

PLEASE CHECK YOUR ORDERS AND PLACE THEM BY THE FOC.

FURY MAX #6

Garth Ennis (w) • Goran Parlov (a)

Cover by DAVE JOHNSON

• Fury and his Castro-assassination team are captured in Cuba.

• Find out just how far Nick Fury will go for his country

32 PGS./Explicit Content ...$3.99

THERE IS A STRICT NO OVERPRINT POLICY ON ALL MAX TITLES.

TAKIO #3

BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (w) • MICHAEL AVON OEMING (a/C)

The all-ages sensation continues from the Eisner Award-winning creators of POWERS, and the writer of ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN and AVENGERS. Olivia has only had her new superpowers for a few days, and now she's embarking on her first solo mission - to find her sister! Taki is missing - and if Olivia can't find her and keep her safe, then the secret that they are the only superheroes in the world will be out! Hop on board the new comic book the whole family can enjoy!

40 PGS./All Ages ...$3.95

HIT-GIRL #3 (of 5)

MARK MILLAR (W) • JOHN ROMITA JR. (A/C)

Sketch Variant by JOHN ROMITA JR. & TOM PALMER

Variant Cover by JOCK

So many goons, so little time. Hit-Girl's got both hands full when her sidekick Kick-Ass gets benched, leaving her to take the mafia on solo. But when her secret crime-fighting binge brings heat to the wrong guy, even Hit-Girl may be in over her head. Meanwhile, Red Mist gets sent where all rich kids go to do penance !

32 PGS./Mature ...$2.99

NEMESIS 2 #1

MARK MILLAR (W) • STEVE MCNIVEN (A/C)

Who is Nemesis? The first person to take on the name was an electronics billionaire using his fortune to prey on ordinary people from behind a mask. Now, after his death, a new predator will emerge-and this time, readers get a peek behind the curtain for an unflinching look at how it all came to be. From the creative team behind Marvel's Civil War event.